1969
Working with the Duke of Bedford, Baker reproduces items from Woburn Abbey, the Duke's great country estate, one of the seven great Treasure Houses in all of England.
1976
1981
Baker introduces The Historic Charleston Collection, an assortment of the most fashionable items drawn from the wealthiest and most cosmopolitan of the colonial capitals.
Baker introduces the landmark Stately Homes Collection — exacting reproductions each drawn from a superb antique, the prize of a nobleman often for the first time in public view, and still housed in a great Stately Home.
1990
Coincident with Baker's centennial, the refined Chippendale chair "No. 789" is selected for the collections of the Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
first great antique reproduction program as
driving the evolution of home fashion. As Baker
well as collaborating with world-class designers
transitioned into the twenty-first century, the
of the time. The postwar years were a period
company continued to introduce new designs
of intense productivity and creativity. Fueled
from celebrated contemporary designers, while
by optimism and spirit, it was a new era of
still finding ways to update classic silhouettes.
industry and design. Throughout the second
Baker has pushed and expanded its breadth
half of the century, Baker further expanded
for over a hundred years, but has stayed true
its
ideas
to its roots and philosophy that extraordinary
from Scandinavia to China and even 1930s
designs should be executed in an equally
Hollywood — broadening
extraordinary way.
design
influences — incorporating
its
offering
and
1970s
2004 Baker introduces The Jacques Garcia Collection by renowned designer Jacques Garcia, bringing to its designer series Garcia's interpretive mix of 18th and 19th century French design, laced with a distinct moderninsm.
2006 Baker presents The Laura Kirar Collection by multidisciplinary designer Laura Kirar, a livable collection filled with universal appeal and signature pieces of iconic stature.
2000s
2008 Baker introduces The Selected Works of Tony Duquette, a series of reproductions by legendary designer Tony Duquette. Spanning his career, each design is a one-of-a-kind work of art.
2009 Baker introduces The André Arbus Collection of lighting and furniture, a selection of pieces carefully reproduced from the originals by the 20th-century master of neoclassical design, André Arbus.
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